Signature field

This feature is available to organizations on the Pro, Team, and Enterprise plans.

A signature field allows you to collect electronic signatures from your users. When an entry with a signature is submitted, the signature appears with the rest of the entry information (as well as PDF exports) as an image.

Electronic signatures are legally binding per the eSIGN act of 2000. Please refer to our FAQ for further instructions regarding eSIGN compliance.

Label

The label will display as the title of the field or the question that is being asked on the form. You can select the icon on the right to hide the label on the form.

Help Text

Help text can be used to assist the user by providing additional instructions. Help text will display directly under the field.

Show This Field

By default, fields will always display on the form. However, you may want to hide specific fields or sections based on certain conditions such as a selected value of another field on the form.

Always – Field is always shown.

When – Field will only display when specific conditions are met. After selecting this option, the Conditional Logic Builder dialog will display allowing you to select when the field or section should be displayed.

Internally – Field will not display on the public form and will only display when a Cognito Forms user is editing the form from the Entries page.

Never – Field will never display.

Require This Field

Requiring a field will make sure the user provides a response. When a field is required, an error message will display, and the form cannot be submitted until a value has been added to the field. Required fields are indicated by a red asterisk next to the label. By default, fields are never required.

Always – Field is always required. User must provide a response in order to submit the form.

When – Field is required only when specific conditions are met. After selecting this option, the Conditional Logic Builder dialog will display allowing you to select when the field is required.

Never – Field is not required. This is the default behavior.

Read-Only

Set fields and sections as read-only to create simple workflows with your forms. All fields can be made read-only, with the exception of fields that are already read-only by default (Calculation, Price, Content, Page break, etc.).

Always – Field is always read-only.

When – Field is read-only when specific conditions are met. After selecting this option, the Conditional Logic Builder dialog will display allowing you to select when the field is read-only.

Internally – Field will not be read-only on the public form and will only be read-only when a Cognito Forms user is editing the form from the Entries page.

Never – Field allows user input. This is the default behavior.

Custom Error

You can set a custom error message that will display under your field when specified conditions become true. The conditional logic builder will allow you to add any number of rules for validating your field. Learn more about the custom error option.